Welcome to Public Affairsâ€”the go-to, can-do team for high quality communications and results. We tell Rice's story by creating and deploying integrated communications strategies that support President David Leebron in achieving his objectives for the university.

The Public Affairs team is made up of a diverse set of skilled departments. Explore how we can help you disseminate messages, employ communication strategies, build relationships, enhance branding and achieve goals.

Stories of the inspiring achievements of our faculty members, students and alumni live in a variety of publications, from our news and media website to our quarterly magazine. We welcome you to keep up with everything Rice by discovering the latest stories.

Welcome to Public Affairsâ€”the go-to, can-do team for high quality communications and results. We tell Rice's story by creating and deploying integrated communications strategies that support President David Leebron in achieving his objectives for the university.

The Public Affairs team is made up of a diverse set of skilled departments. Explore how we can help you disseminate messages, employ communication strategies, build relationships, enhance branding and achieve goals.

Stories of the inspiring achievements of our faculty members, students and alumni live in a variety of publications, from our news and media website to our quarterly magazine. We welcome you to keep up with everything Rice by discovering the latest stories.

Website Standards

In an effort to unite and enhance the many different pages and subsites connected to the rice.edu domain, we have created a template for developers that provides a common,visually appealing look and consistent functionality. Our goal is to project a unified and branded presence and to guarantee that visitors to rice.edu have a quality experience. The template provides ample space for creative, customized designs and content to meet the needs and objectives of the sub-site or page while including a few required core elements. For additional guidance, please contactÂ webeditor@rice.edu.

Layout and background
A properly branded Rice website must have a white background with a centered layout. The preferred width for this layout is 1140 pixels.

Header
A proper header must have the Rice University logo in the top left corner and must be linked back toÂ rice.edu. The header includes a dark blue â€śtop-barâ€ť navigation with links in white. This top navigation has rounded edges on the uppermost left and right corners. The logo must be the full Rice University primary mark and must maintain proper white space on all sides. For additional details, see Page 1.02 of the Rice University Identity Standards. Combining other marks or words with the official Rice logo is not allowed. (See Page 3.01.)Â

Footer
Rice University websites must always present Riceâ€™s physical mailing address on a white background at the bottom of the page.

Colors
Users are free to use accent colors as necessary, but the preferred university colors listed on this page should be the primary color elements of the page. The colors have been provided in HEX and RGB format for ease of use on the Web.Â

Links
If links to secondary pages or sites will be included on the page, the design should maintain them in a consistent location throughout the site. One alternative would be to place them on the left side, as shown in this example.

Addendum

The following information is an addendum to the original guide posted above. ( PDF )